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JoeyPinkney.com Book Review of Crying for Tears by Saleem Little

JoeyPinkney.com Book Review
Crying for Tears: The Sasha Pierce Story
by Saleem Little
3 of 5 Stars

Harrisburg, PA. Oslo, Norway. Gauteg, South Africa.

Question: What do they have in common? Answer: Saleem Little’s novel Crying for Tears: The Sasha Pierce Story. Little effortlessly brings the global human trafficking problem to the consciousness of Urban Lit readers.

The reality of HIV, cocaine and heroin addiction, violence and poverty is strewn throughout this novel. Crying for Tears is a very insightful read, not because of the elements it contains, but for the connections that are made. Little shows the collateral damage that flows through the families of inner-cities ravaged by the crack epidemic. This book captures the overlap that happens when a son could very well find himself supplying his aunt or uncle’s drug habit. Continue reading JoeyPinkney.com Book Review of Crying for Tears by Saleem Little →

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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Carolyn Vines, author of black and (A)broad: traveling beyond the limitations of identity

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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With…
Carolyn Vines, author of black and (A)broad: traveling beyond the limitations of identity
(adelaar books)

How traveling and living abroad transformed how I see myself as a black woman in the world.

Joey Pinkney: Where did you get the inspiration to write black and (A)broad: traveling beyond the limitations of identity?

Carolyn Vines: Living and traveling abroad for the last 20 years inspired me to write a book for other black women who’d like to do the same but don’t Continue reading 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Carolyn Vines, author of black and (A)broad: traveling beyond the limitations of identity →

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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Mz. Robinson, author of Love, Lies, and Lust

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Mz. Robinson, author of Love, Lies, and Lust
(G Street Chronicles Presents)

Love, Lies, and Lust is book 4 and the final installment of the Love, Lies, and Lust Series. I left my readers hanging in the third book, The Lies We Tell For Love Continue reading 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Mz. Robinson, author of Love, Lies, and Lust →